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Battle of Scandinavia: Finland edges Norway in cross-country relay

Winter Games 20 January 2023

Both Finland’s and Norway’s teams were screaming at the finish line as their anchors were fighting for gold in the women’s 3 x 5km cross-country skiing relay at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, Friday morning. Finland’s Hilla Niemela was coming to the final stretch shoulder to shoulder with Norway’s Karianne Olsvik Dengerd. […]

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Clean sweep: South Korea aces short track opener

Winter Games 20 January 2023

There was not a single thing other nations could do to deprive South Korea of the six podium spots on the first day of the short track speed skating competition at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, which featured the men’s and women’s 1500m races. For the first international race at the refurbished […]

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Behind the glory of Japan's figure skating

Winter Games 20 January 2023

Behind the shiny medals and cheerful celebrations, countless people work tirelessly to help the student-athletes competing at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games find their way into the spotlight. At figure skating events, Yoshiko Kobayashi was one of the many individuals who had a hand in the success of the Japanese team. Kobayashi […]

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Need for speed: Korean relay makes long track history

Winter Games 20 January 2023

The long track speed skating mixed team relay was contested for the first time in FISU World University Games history on Thursday and it was South Korea etching its name into the record books at the Lake Placid Olympic Oval. Minsun Kim and Hyunjun Ahn completed the historic nine-country race in 3:10.84, ahead of Japan […]

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Dry spell over: USA golden in biathlon

Winter Games 20 January 2023

Thursday was a great day for USA biathlon as the country celebrated its first gold medal in an international competition in this discipline since 2017, courtesy of Bjorn Westervelt in the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games men’s 12.5km pursuit. The University of Vermont student-athlete was in second place behind Ukraine’s Dmytrii Hrushchak going […]

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Shinno puts exclamation point on Japan long track dominance

Winter Games 20 January 2023

The long track speed skating competition concluded Friday at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games with the women’s and men’s mass start races, won by Japan’s Misaki Shinno and Canadian David La Rue, respectively. Twenty-four female competitors, then 25 men took the ice at the same time for a 16-lap race totaling 6,400 […]

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Fast and furious: Jan Zabystran wins third alpine medal

Winter Games 19 January 2023

The achievements seem never ending for Czech alpine skier Jan Zabystran, who on Wednesday won his third medal of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU University Games. Zabystran captured gold in the men’s giant slalom thanks to a time of 2:01.23 at Whiteface Mountain, adding to a first triumph in the Super-G on Saturday and bronze […]

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Tanno, Lee impress in snowboard

Winter Games 19 January 2023

Impressive second runs by Switzerland’s Livia Tanno and South Korea’s Minsik Lee helped them overcome difficult snow conditions to win gold in snowboard slopestyle, Wednesday, at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. “The conditions were really tough. Seeing a lot of the riders not landing their run, I decided to go for an […]